Towel cabinet



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UNITED STATES JOSEPH N. sonnouer-rsfor OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TOWEL CABINET.

Application fi1ed Ju1y 24, 1922. Serial No. 577,016.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr N. Bonnou'cns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county. of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Towel Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved coin controlled towel cabinet.

The object of my cabinet is to provide a device which is simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture. This application is somewhat similar to my co-pending application 596,246, filed October 23, 1922.

Referring to the drawing which forms a part of this specification:

Fig. 1is a front view of my towel cabinet with the door opened.

Fig. 2is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. r

Fig. 3is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4is a fragmental front View of the releasing trigger on the line 4-4 Fig. 3.

Fig. 5-is a front view of the releasing trigger and control gear.

Fig. 6is an enlarged side view of the same.

Fig. 7-is a fragmentary rear view of the control gear and trigger.

Fig. 8is a fragmentary sectional view'of the lower towel actuating roller.

Referring more. particularly to the draw ing, the numeral 1 indicates a towel cabinet comprising side walls 2 and 3, a door 5, and a lower front wall 6.

Journaled in the side walls 2 and 3 is a towel supply roller 7 Journaled below the roller 7 is an actuating roller 8, and below the roller 8 a second actuating roller 9.

A pressure roller 10 bears against the roller 8 and a pressure roller 11 against the roller 9. The towel travels from the roller 7 between rollers 8 and 10, through a slot 12 in the door 5, over a roller 13 in said slot down to a slot 14 in the bottom of said door upwardly between rollers 9 and 11, and then falls into the bottom of the cabinet 1.

A plurality of wires 15 encircle the roller 9 and a roller 16 journaled in the walls 2 and 3 below the slot 14, and a plate 17 is secured to the wires 15. The object of this construction is to keep the towel which has traveled through the rollers 9 and 11 from rewinding about the said rollers.

The roller 8 has a gear 18 secured to one end thereof, andthe roller 9 has a gear 19 secured at one end thereof. An idler gear 20 is journaled in the wall 2 andmeshes with the gears 18 and 19. A control gear 21 is journaled in the wall 2 and meshes with the idler gear 20. A stop bar 22 is secured to the gear 21.

A trigger 28 is pivoted to the wall2, the upper end of said trigger is arcuate in shape as at 24 to conform with the gear 21 and has lip 24 formed thereon. The outer edge of the arcuate portion 24 is a cam surface 25, increasing in size towards the top and adapted to engage the stop bar 22. A

spring 26 tends to pull the end 24 towards the gear 21. To the lower portion of the trigger 23 is secured a parallel strip 27, to increase the thickness of said end and provide a space wide enough that the push button can not operate the trigger without a coin.

A coin chute 28 extends through the wall 6 and adjacent to the bottom of the trigger 23. A coin rest 29 is formed at thebottom of the chute 28.

A push button 30 extends through the coin chute 28 near the bottom thereof and through the wall 6. A spring 31 encircles.

the button 30 between the chute 28 and the wall '6.

The method of operation of my invention is as follows: I

A coin is dropped into the chute 28 and falls against the rest 29. The push button 30 is moved inwardly and carries the coin against the trigger 23 to move the end 24 away from the gear 21. The bar 22 which has been sprung outwardly by the cam surface 25 falls back of the end 24 to hold it in this position (Fig. 6). The push button is released and the coin drops into the cabinet.

The towel is now pulled which rotates gears 18, 19, 20 and 21, and carries the bar 22 away from the trigger. The towel is pulled until the gear 21 has made a complete revolution and the bar 22 again engages on the cam surface 25 and is stopped by the lip 24.

Having described my'invention, I claim:

said actuating rollers, an idler gear meshing with both of said gears, a control gear meshing with said idler gear, and means whereby said control gear may be stopped after it has made one complete revolution.

2. A towel cabinet comprising a towel supply roller, an actuating roller, a second actuating roller, gears carried by each of said actuating rollers, an idler gear meshing with both of said gears, a control gear meshing with said idler gear, means whereby said control gear may be stopped after it has made one complete revolution, said means consisting of a trigger, a lip carried on the upper end thereof, and a stop carried by said control gear and adapted to engage said lip on each complete rotation of the control gear. 4

3. A towel cabinet comprising a towel supply roller, an actuating roller, a second actuating roller, gears carried by each of said actuating rollers, an idler gear meshing with both of said gears, a control gear meshing with said idler gear, means whereby said control gear may be stopped after it has made one complete revolution, said means consisting of a trigger, a lip carried on the upper end thereof, a stop bar carried by said control gear and adapted to engage said lip on each complete rotation of the control gear and means whereby said lip may be moved out of engagement with said bar so as to permit of the rotation of the control gear.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH N. BORROUGHS. 

